bill
∞
1.0
- noun
- /bɪl/
- When the server brought the check, I noticed that the bill included charges for drinks we didn't order.
- pay bills
- utility bill
- credit card bill
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- When the check comes and the bill gets slid, what happens?
- But even the ability to split the bill is power.
- So I sent the bill to, to our family.
- How do dinosaurs pay their bills with a Tyrannosaurus check?
- So despite the rates going down, our bills are still going up.
- I mean, the hotel dry cleaning bills alone, incredibly tough.
- Well, I got bills and I got, I got bills.
- You have the same or less bill, right?
Examples
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The average monthly telephone bill reported by soldiers who said that they used telephones was $83.
Academic text (1990) -
I still pay all my bills by check and mail them.
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Well, take care of his hotel bill, will you?
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So despite the rates going down, our bills are still going up.
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I'll send you a bill in the morning.
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Even with all those doctor bills to pay, Pink brought me flowers.
Fiction book (1990) -
We have traffic to deal with, bills to pay, people that are rude.
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Empty beds don't pay the bills, nurse.
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He always keeps track of his unpaid bills to avoid any late fees.
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After receiving her bill from the mechanic, she was shocked by how much the repairs cost.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
A record of money received and paid by a person or business
101
1.0
The written bill for food and drink in a restaurant
61
2.3
A paper that tells a person or business how much tax they have to pay
52
3.3
A paper or online list showing products and the amount to pay
48
2.6
A paper showing the cost of hospital or doctor care someone must pay
24
1.4
A paper or online bill that shows how much you owe for electricity used
20
2.3
A paper or email that shows how much money you must pay for energy used
9
1.0
A list of charges for a hotel stay, including room cost and extra services
9
1.1
A paper or email that shows how much you must pay each month for services like electricity
9
2.7
A paper that shows how much you must pay a doctor for care
3
1.2
A paper or online statement that shows how much you owe for phone service
1
5.3
A bill showing money you owe for goods or services
1
6.8
A corrected bill sent to replace an earlier one
1
7.7
A bill showing the money you must pay for food or services
A bill that lists goods or services and shows how much to pay
Antonyms
Idioms
18
3.3
An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems
Compounds
- Formal
96
3.3
A written list of the main freedoms people have in a country's constitution
- Formal
20
6.7
A proposal that lets the government spend public money for a specific purpose
18
3.8
An official report that says a person, project, or group is well and able to continue
9
1.1
A paper or email that shows how much you must pay each month for services like electricity
- Specialized
7
6.9
A short-term loan to the U.S. government that you buy for less and the government repays within one year
- Formal
7
3.7
Written paper that shows one person sells a thing like a car to another who becomes the owner
- Specialized
5
4.6
A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest
- Formal
3
7.0
An official document showing a transport company has received goods and saying how and when they will be delivered
- Formal
1
8.6
A written charge by a government lawyer saying someone committed a crime
- Jargon
1
9.9
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- Formal
1
9.9
A written list that the prosecution gives to show the specific charges and facts about what the accused did
- Formal
1
9.9
A law that declares a person guilty and punishes them without a trial
- US
1
5.6
A law that makes people pay a small deposit for drink containers and get it back when they recycle them
- Formal
1
7.5
A written order telling one person or bank to pay money to another at a set time
- Formal
1
9.9
A court action asking the same court to change or reverse its previous decision
- Indian
An official paper that lists goods coming into or leaving a country for customs
- Specialized
A document that makes one company responsible for goods moved by two or more kinds of transport
- Specialized
A paper showing the goods stay on the same ship without transfer
- Formal
A document that covers goods carried by two or more types of transport under one contract
- Specialized
A small plant with fern-like leaves, pink flowers, and a long beak-like seed pod
- New Zealand
A plant from New Zealand that stays green all year with beak-shaped red or white flowers
- Specialized
A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport
How Official
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bill meaning a request for payment comes from the same idea of a note or list meaning 'written paper' that records what is owed. So a bill is a written notice that tells you how much to pay.